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C . Borden, 1896-1900. A. B. Sanford was succeeded as treasurer in 1896 by Edward B . Jennings, who served until the plant entered the New England Cotton Yarn Company i n 1899. Charles R. Danielson is superintendent of this plant and also of the Sanfor d Spinning . The Sanford Spinning Company, which i s now also a part of the New England Cotto n Yarn Company, was started in 1891 throug h the efforts of Arnold B. Sanford and Arthu r H. Mason, who became president and treasurer, respectively, to meet a growing demand for colored and fancy yarns. Th e capital was $400,000, increased in 1893 t o $500,000. The first mill was of three stories, 374x100, with a dye house 150x68, 2½ storie s high. The plant now has 37,364 mule spindles, employs 700 hands, and has a weekl y production of 120,000 pounds . Mr. Sanfor d was president from 1891-97 ; Frank S. Ste - vens, 1897-98, and Charles B . Cook from 189 8 till the corporation was merged in the Yar n Company in 1899. Arthur H. Mason was treasurer during the entire period. The Parker mills were incorporated i n May, 1895, largely through the efforts of Set h A. Borden Leontine Lincoln and James E . Osborn, of this city, and William H . Parker, of Lowell, and a mill three stories in height , 397½x148 feet wide, erected. The capita l stock when incorporated was $450,000, bu t was increased October 18, 1895, to $500,000 . The plant contained originally 998 looms an d 45,704 spindles. Later the looms were in - creased to 1,088 and the spindles to 48,968 , which is the present equipment. The mill is equipped for weaving goods of the fines t yarns. In May, 1899 the capital was increased to $800,000, and a mill built in Warren, R. I. The present capacity of that mill i s 41,294 spindles and 1,382 looms . William H. Parker, of Lowell, was the firs t president, and on his death, in 1898, Hon . Leontine Lincoln was elected to this offic e and has acted as president ever since. Seth A . Borden has been treasurer of the corpo - ration since its organization. The directors are George E. Parker, Stephen A. Jenks , Fred W. Easton, Leontine Lincoln, Jame s E. Osborn, John D. Flint, George C. Silsbury and Seth A . Borden . The Arkwright mills were incorporated in 1897 for the manufacture of fine cotto n goods, with a capital of $450,000, and erecte d a four-story stone mill 395x127 feet ; Joseph A. Bowen, the first president, and John P . Bodge, the treasurer, are still in office . The HISTORY OF FALL RIVER 87 corporation has 60,368 frame spindles an d 1,403 looms, of which 1,043 are more tha n 32 inches in width. It employs 500 hands and has a weekly production of from 5,00 0 to 7,000 pieces, depending on kind of good s being made. The directors are Joseph A . Bowen, Leontine Lincoln, Thomas D . Covel, William H. Jennings, Chauncey H . Sears, James M . Morton, Jr ., D. H. Cornell ; Spencer Borden, Jr., John P . Bodge. Superintendent, C . C. Pierson . Durfee Mills.-A charter of incorporation under the name of Durfee Mills, wa s granted Bradford M . C. Durfee, David A . Brayton and John S . Brayton, of <strong>Fall</strong> River , Mass., on February 15, 1866 . The mills wer e named in memory of Bradford Durfee, whos e son Bradford M . C. Durfee was the larges t stockholder in the corporation. Eleve n acres of land on the south side of Pleasan t street and the west side of Eight Rod Way . now Plymouth avenue, were selected as th e site upon which to erect the mills . The first mill, 376x72 feet, with five stories an d pitched roof, was erected of granite an d equipped with the best machinery . On January 1, 1867, the engines wer e first started, in March, the first cloth was made, and in November of that year the mil l was in full operation. In 1871 Durfee Mil l No. 2, a duplicate of mill No . 1, was built an d equipped, thus doubling the production of print cloths of this corporation . In 1880 the plant was further enlarged by the erection of mill No. 3, 127x44 feet. During 1884 and 1885 two stories were added to the ell of No. 2 mill. The mill was revamped, new boilers were installed, new engines replaced the geared engines, warp frame spinning was introduced to take th e place of mules : and the mill was generally toned up. A new cotton house, 264x93 feet , was completed in 1887, and the No. 2 weav e shed was built in 1893 . Extensive repairs and alterations wer e made in No. 1 mill during 1894 . New engines, boilers, picking, carding and fram e spinning for warp and weft were installed at a large outlay and the mill was greatly im - proved. A building containing the clot h room and repair shop was erected in 1895 . In 1904 new engines were installed to assist the others in No . 2 mill; new picking machinery, carding and spinning frame s were added. There are 137,488 frame spindles and 3,514 looms in the plant . The Durfee mills are equipped to mak e wide, medium and narrow cloths of dif-
88 HISTORY OF FALL RIVER ferent counts and weights, and employ ove r eleven hundred operatives . Bradford M. C. Durfee held the office of president of the corporation until his deat h in 1872 ; John S. Brayton from 1872 unti l his death in 1904, and Hezekiah A. Brayto n is president at the present time . David A. Brayton, the originator of thi s extensive plant, was treasurer from its organization until his death in 1881, when h e was succeeded by the present treasurer , David A. Brayton, Jr. The directors of the corporation have bee n Bradford M. C. Durfee, David A. Brayton , Jo hn S. Brayton, Israel Perry Brayton, David A. Brayton, Jr., Hezekiah A. Brayton, Joh n Jenckes Brayton, Bradford W. Hitchcock , William L. S. Brayton and John Summerfeld Brayton . The Davis mills were incorporated in 1902 , with a capital of $500,000, for the manufacture of fine cotton goods, with Leontine Lincoln president, J. Bion Richards treasurer, and Robert T. Davis, Leontine Lincoln, Daniel H. Cornell, Thomas D. Covel, Willia m H. Jennings, William N . McLane, William E. Fuller, Jr., and J. Bion Richards directors . A stone mill of three stories was erected in 1903. In January, 1905, the corporation wen t into the hands of receivers. March 29, 1905 , the receivers were discharged, new capita l being paid in, thereby putting the corporation on a sound financial basis. Mr. Richards was succeeded as treasurer in December, 1904, by Edward Barker, and Mr . Barker in March by Arthur H. Mason. The mil l has 52,736 frame spindles and 1,100 wid e looms. It employs 400 hands and has a weekly production of 4,000 pieces. The present officers are : President, Leontine Lincoln ; Treasur er, Arthur H . Mason ; Clerk, William E. Fuller, Jr . ; Directors, Daniel H . Cornell, Thomas D. Covel, John H. Estes , Leontine Lincoln, William E. Fuller, Jr . , Frank J. Hale, and Arthur H. Mason. The superintendent is James A . McLane . The Hargraves mills were organized an d incorporated in 1888, with a capital of $400, - 000, for the manufacture of cotton goods , largely through the efforts of Seth A . Borden , with whom were associated Reuben and Thomas Hargarves, Leontine Lincoln, John Barlow, James E . Osborn and Stephen A . Jenks. No. 1 mill was erected in 1889, of granite, four stories in height, 320x90. I n 1892 the capital was increased to $800,00 0 and No. 2 mill built, 482x127, a part thre e stories and a part two. The plant now has a total of 29,896 mule and 71,660 frame spindles, with 3,102 looms, and manufacture s goods of the finest description . It employ s about 800 hands . Reuben Hargarves, th e first president, was succeeded by James E . Osborn in 1895 and by Leontine Lincoln i n 1898. Seth A. Borden has been treasure r since the organization of the corporation . The directors are Leontine Lincoln, Stephen A. Jenks, George C . Silsbury, Seth A . Borden, John D . Flint, Fred W. Easton, Wal - ter L. Parker. The superintendent is William Evans . A large hat-making business has been developed here in recent years from small be- ginnings. The present hat factory of Jame s Marshall & Bros . moved here about 1887 from Bridgeport, Conn., establishing itself at th e foot of Shaw street, in a building erected for it by the Hon. Robert T. Davis, the Hon . Frank S. Stevens and the estate of Willia m Jennings . The firm at that time consisted of Jame s Marshall and D . T. Coleman, and the capacity of their factory was about forty-eigh t dozen per day. They gradually outgrew the quarters there and purchased the old Wyoming mill property about 1896 . In 1898 they started the erection of their present plant, which now has a capacity o f 800 dozen hats daily. About a year after the factory was established at <strong>Fall</strong> River, D. T. Coleman retire d from the firm, and five years later Robert Marshall and John Marshall, brothers o f James Marshall, were taken into the firm , which has remained the same ever since . In 1893 the New England Fur Cutting Company, a partnership consisting o f James, Robert and John Marshall, wa s established under the direction of M. E . Ryan in a small building on Ferry street, opposite the Linen mill . At that time they handled about 12,00 0 rabbit skins per week. In 1898 they move d from Ferry street to their present quarter s on Chace street, and while the business i s separate and distinct from the hat factory , it is closely allied to it . Last year they use d over 9,000,000 rabbit skins in producing fu r for hat making, not only for the hat factor y here, but others throughout the country . Along with this business also has grow n what is known as the Bristol County Ha t Works, a Rhode Island corporation, doin g business now just over the border of Fal l River, in Tiverton. Their business is to collect waste, old hats, etc., from all por-
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